7 ways Big Data can help your BI solution

Big Data continues to be the buzzword du jour. And as with most popular concepts espoused by everyone from marketers and consultants to purveyors of software and infrastructure, the phrase can mean different things to different people. For us at Sullexis, we think of Big Data as a set of technologies that enable our clients to consume and process high volumes and/or diverse types of information.

But our clients need ROI. Neither access to a large amount of diverse data nor possession of the most sophisticated Hadoop stack of Big Data technologies will generate ROI without the right application. Our clients need to derive real business value from their information. Luckily, there is already a proven concept within organizations to derive value from information: Business Intelligence (BI). And we think a significant value of Big Data technologies is in improving your current BI solutions. Here’s how.